“The Foundation's mission, and its active commissioning of young composers, is in tribute to the composers who perished in the Terezín during WWII. Having their legacy inspire the creation of new works is truly beautiful and was a continual motivation for me as I worked on this commission.” —TMF commission composer Clint Needham

Add a piece of music to the chamber repertoire and help fulfill the unrealized work of the lost Terezín artists. Your Commission will be written by an emerging composer and premiered by a celebrated artist in one of the world's great venues. Call us at 857-222-8262 or write us at info@terezinmusic.org to start the conversation.

NEW & RECENT TMF COMMISSIONS & PREMIERES

Milad Yousufi: "Refuge." World premiere performed by the Hawthorne String Quartet October 8, 2018 at Boston's Symphony Hall.

André Previn: Quintet for Horn and Clarinet Quintet. Sponsored by The Omer Foundation. World premiere May 19, 2018 as part of the Prague Spring International Festival Concert, in Bohuslav Martinu Hall of Leichtenstein Palace. Performed by Jan Viboril, Principal Horn of the Czech Philharmonic, and the Graff Quartet.

Jiri Gemrot:"A Lament for Military Secretaries/Rune". Settings of poems by, respectively, Jiri Dedecek and Richard Hoffman. World premiere May 20, 2018 as part of the Prague Spring International Festival, in the Spanish Synagogue. Performed by the Martinu Voices. ﻿Read poet Richard Hoffman's extraordinary essay﻿about having his poem set to music in a LiberArte commission and attending the world premiere in Prague

Sivan Eldar: The texts of her choral works are Agi Mishol’s poem “Mother Tongue" and Salman Masalha’s poem “The Song About the Child." World Premiere June 29, 2016 at the Spanish Synagogue in Prague and North American/U.S. Premiere October 5 at Symphony Hall, Boston. Performed by the Boston Children's Chorus.

Elaine Agnew: The text of her choral work is Justin Quinn’s poem, “Regreen.” World Premiere June 29, 2016 at the Spanish Synagogue in Prague. Performed by the Boston Children's Chorus.

Pablo Ortiz: The text of his choral work is Richard Blanco’s poem, “Leaving Limerick in the Rain.” World Premiere October 5, 2016 at Symphony Hall, Boston, following Mr. Blanco's debut reading of the poem. Performed by Coro Allegro.

David Post: The text of his choral work is Ernesto Santana's poem, "The Day of Light." World Premiere June 29, 2016 at the Spanish Synagogue in Prague. Performed by the Boston Children's Chorus.

Lubica Cekovská: Solo piano work for GARRICK OHLSSON premiered in May 2013 at the Prague Spring Festival. Commissioned in partnership with the Prague Spring Festival. Published by Barenreiter Verlag.

Pablo Ortíz: "Perpetuo Moto," for harpsichord, violin, and cello. Premiered May 15 at the 2012 Prague Spring Festival with Mark Kroll, harpsichord; Marina Baková, violin; Petr Nouzovsky, cello. (View video at left.) Commissioned in partnership with the Prague Spring Festival. Mr. Ortiz has also composed a song cycle for DAWN UPSHAW, set to poetry of US Poet Laureate Louise Glück.

Andre Previn: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, premiered at Symphony Hall, Boston in 2011 with clarinetist Thomas Martin and the Hawthorne String Quartet. Tanglewood premiere August 2012. Published by G. Schirmer. [Listen]

Miroslav Srnka:“Escape Routines” for harp, clarinet, and string trio, commissioned in partnership with the Prague Spring Festival. World premiere at Symphony Hall, Boston, with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra September 26, 2010. Tanglewood Festival performance August 26, 2011.

Stephen Feigenbaum: incidental music for “The Last Cyclist” premiered in New York in 2012. His “Songs of Sorrow and Hope” for chorus and piano, a Krasa-Schaechter Commission, premiered 2009 in Lobkowitz Palace, Prague; American premiere in Symphony Hall, Boston 2009; a 2009 prize-winner in the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s Biennial Young Composer’s Competition.

TEREZÍN MUSIC FOUNDATION Executive Director Mark LudwigTMF is a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring the artist of Terezin with concerts, commissions, and programs in Holocaust education in Europe and the U.S.